Transport of solutes through unsaturated fractured media: Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations Project
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:60468
A numerical model is presented to represent the transport of solutes through a highly fractured unsaturated, porous medium. To accomplish this, the solute is tracked separately in two flow systems a matrix pore flow system and a fracture network, with interaction terms. Compatible hydraulic equations for such a dual system are also presented to enable solution of the solute trasport. The hydraulic equations chosen use the equivlaent porous media concept. These equations can also be applied to a saturated medium without modification. However, many of the transport terms will be negligible for such an application. A brief sample calculation illustates the method. 11 refs., 4 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 60468
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-86-0940; ON: DE88014700
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Mar 1988
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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